Allied ships in a North African harbor. A battle cruiser makes its way across the water. A hill in the background. View of buildings on the coast. Numerous ships anchored off coast. A battle cruiser moves along. (World War II period).
American soldiers hold back crowds on a street in Oran, Algeria. French naval officers on the balcony of the Hotel D' Angleterre look down upon the crowds. Civilians, cars and bus on the street. French Naval officers and soldiers stand with their luggage on the street. Entrance to the Hotel. French Algerian troops lined on the street side. U.S. Army Generasl Mark Clark and Dwight D Eisenhower leave a building in Casablanca, Morocco. French General Henri Giraud among other Allied officers. (World War II period).
French Foreign Legionnaires during practice landings under U.S. Navy supervision in North Arfica. Soldiers climb down landing nets from a transport into a Landing Craft. U.S. Navy sailors and French soldiers in Landing Crafts. Soldiers seated in the crafts. The Landing Crafts head towards the beach. (World War II period).
Allied Armies mobilize in Algiers and Tunisia. Algiers: An all Greek battalion of volunteers marching. Troops hold flags. Troops assemble at the docks of Algiers. French Foreign Legion troops and the British 8th Army troops near a ship. Soldiers share cigarettes. French colonial troops, Canadian troops and other Allied troops climb aboard a ship. Military supplies, equipment and vehicles at the docks. Men work at an assembly line, while others repair vehicles. Trucks transfer material. Tunisia: Allied troops advance over the plains. Troops, tanks and artillery move ahead. Troops in jeeps and on motorbikes on muddy roads. (World War II period).
Images taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. The North African Campaign, 1940: Convoy of British tanks, trucks, and infantry advance over the Libyan Desert. British soldiers fire artillery. Masses of Italian prisoners marched by British soldiers. Next shown is campaign on the Eastern Front, 1941, as Germany attacks Russia: Nazi tanks advance under Luftwaffe air cover into the Soviet Union. Aerial view of German Junker Ju 87 aircraft in flight. German tanks and armored vehicles rolling. Wide view of many German tanks rolling east. German soldiers leaping down from a hill with smoke all around as they battle in a Russian town. Russian Pe-2 bomber aircraft in flight. Interior view of pilot and crew in Soviet Pe-2 bomber while in flight. Soviet soldiers on tanks during a battle. Burning tanks. Soviet soldiers run toward battle front and pass a dead German soldier on the battlefield.
Completely destroyed buildings line a dirt road in Italy during World War 2. The general landscape is devastated. American troops and military vehicles are parked beside one section of the narrow road and infantrymen walk in a line along the road past the camera. Closeup of damaged building and steps. A young Italian boy walks past the camera, carrying a sack over his shoulder. Glimpse of a dead soldier next to a wall. A tracked construction vehicle with protected top and carrying a tow cable, moves along rubble strewn road towards area where soldiers are gathered near destroyed buildings. View of totally destroyed buildings.